Christmas in July with Waffle Flower Cardinals

Dawn here today. It’s time for Christmas in July and I’m excited to share a festive card project featuring our fabulous sponsor this month, Waffle Flower.

When I was down at the Tauranga Create and Craft event, I picked up the Waffle Flower Cardinal Duo Christmas die. A card I spotted on the Waffle Flower website sparked the idea for today’s project, and I decided to pair the cardinal with the Waffle Flower Poinsettia Frame die that was already in my stash.

I started with a dark green top-folding card base, then cut the Poinsettia Frame die twice from light green card. Because I only wanted to use the corner sections of the frame, I did a little die-cut surgery and trimmed each one into two parts.

For the details, I cut the separate poinsettias from white card, the berries from red card, and the flower centres from yellow card. I also created a white frame using two dies from the Simon Says Stamp A2 Nesting Stitched Rectangles set.

Before assembling everything, I stamped a sentiment from the Waffle Flower Star Snowflake Sentiment set and heat embossed it in white. Once the frame was in place, I added the poinsettia frame corners, then layered on the white flowers, berries, and centres to build up the festive arrangement.

Next, I die cut the cardinal and used the matching stencils to colour it with Altenew inks. I was just about ready to attach it when I realised I had cut the bird facing the wrong direction! So, back to the die-cutting machine I went. I cut the other cardinal, coloured it up, and this time he was facing exactly the way I wanted.

Of course, that first cardinal wasn’t going to waste, so it led me to create a bonus card.

For this one, I used the other sections of the Poinsettia Frame die that I had cut away for the first card. I die cut the flowers again and added a subtle touch of Pink Crystal ink, then cut the berries from red card and added a few extra green leaves.

I gave the pieces a generous spritz of shimmer spray for a bit of sparkle, then cut a smaller white frame and added another sentiment from the Star Snowflake Sentiment set. A few white acrylic paint splatters finished the background before I added the cardinal. This one was coloured in slightly lighter shades than the cardinal on the first card, giving the bonus card its own softer look.

I love when a little crafting mishap turns into a second project. The Waffle Flower cardinal and poinsettia dies work beautifully together, and both cards have such a cheerful Christmas-in-July feel. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope this inspires you to join in the festive fun at Die Cut Divas.

Enjoy the little things

 Hi,

It's Cindy here sharing a card created for June's challenge theme: Anything Goes.

The focal elements are die cut using Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula Wafer Thin Die.  I so enjoyed making this one, there is no elaborate supplies, no complicated techniques, just simple die cut, ink, and a bit of stenciling.  To see the other supplies used, visit Escape To Stamping.

This month at Die Cut Divas, there is no official sponsor, but there is a challenge prize - $25 gift card to Whimsy Stamp donated by the design team.  

I hope I'll see you in the challenge gallery.  Remember to use die cut(s) and/or dry embossing on your project to qualify for the prize drawn.  Happy crafting!

Sunflowers for Summer.

Hi, Dawn here to share a Summer card with you.

One of the fun things we did for summer as a child, was to grow sunflowers.  

I used this lovely flower from Bugaboo as it reminded me of sunflowers.  The best thing about digital stamps is you can resize and crop to make the image what you want.  I cropped the image and then die cut it with Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die.  I used some green patterned paper to cut a frame for the focal image.  I cut a white panel and embossed it before matting with the green paper.  I finished with a white embossed sentiment from Altenew

Do come and join us here  for this month's challenge.  

Cute Christmas Characters

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a card that features some adorable die cut and pieced holiday characters that fit wonderfully with  Die Cut Diva's December theme of Winter/Winter Holiday perfectly!  This month we are sponsored by Di's Digital Downloads who is offering the winner a $12 voucher to the store; that's a lot of digi goodness you can win by just linking up!

You can check out all the details {and one of my favorite tricks!} by going to my blog - just click here.

Thank you so much for stopping in at Die Cut Diva's and remember, you have until the 31st to enter your creations into the Winter and/or Winter Holiday challenge!

Christi

Christmas in July!

It's been a Christmas in July treat over at our sponsor Bugaboo this month.  50% off all images until 31st July

 and our other sponsor this month is

Catch the Bug challenge blog had some fun challenges during the month as well.  One of which was a great sketch on 9th July  during their weeklong challenge

 

and here is my take on it...

Glitter washi, striped washi, a Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die, Spellbinders scalloped die, Bugaboo Candy Cane Bear

Just a few more days to join us with your glittery goodness this month.  Check our side bar to link through to the entry page. 

Dawn & The Divas

Warm Spring Wishes

 

Hi there.   Another spring card using Bugaboo digital image and a circle die.  There are plenty awesome dies at DiesRUs for you to use. 

Hope this inspires you.  There are some really awesome images available at Bugaboo Digital stamps however, to enter our challenge this month, it is not necessary to use Bugaboo.  Just as long as you use your Die Cut Machine somewhere on your project and follow our Spring Theme ( enter here)

Dawn and the Divas

Christmas in Summer

Christmas is in summer here in New Zealand so I'm here to share with you a Summer Christmas card.

Our sponsor this month is DiesRUs

 

I usedt a Simon Says stamp set which I coloured and fussy cut.  I used a Penny Black speech bubble die.  DiesRUs have a great selection of Penny Black dies available as well as lots of other wonderful dies...

Hope you liked my Warm and Cozy summer Christmas Card.

Dawn and the Divas

Wishing you the best

Dawn here with a sweet puppy to wish you the best.

I have taken some liberties with Hannah's sketch

 

I used a circle for the centre and the diamond behind.  Used Spellbinder dies, a Simon Says Stamp die and stamp set for my banner and in the corners, a La-La Land die.

Just a few more days to enter our challenge.  See you there!

Dawn and the Divas